Thursday, August 03, 2006

Democratic Home Run Proposed

The Blog | Steve Clemons: Harry Reid May Ask Senator Clinton to Preempt Presidential Ambitions to Succeed Him as Senate Majority/Minority Leader | The Huffington Post: "Some high level Democratic Party political insiders have shared with The Washington Note details of a potential shift in vectors for several of the major political stars in that party.

First of all, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, whom most give high marks for the manner in which he has stewarded the Dems in the Senate despite the absence of a clear Democratic Party chief, has sent private signals to Senator Hillary Clinton and other stalwarts of the party that he 'would like to' step down from his post in early 2009. Reid has not stated definitively that he will -- but he apparently prefers 'whipping' the Party from behind and the side rather than serving as commander-in-chief on the Senate floor. . ."

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